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Despite the century long history of psychotherapy in this country people frequently ask me what happens in a session, how to tell if the process is working.  Here’s an example of a decent session with Simon, someone I wrote about … Continue reading →

In recent entries I wrote about Alice, Jack, and Fred as I tried to answer the question “why get in touch?”  The subject warrants limitless discussion, because it is related to resistance.  And as we know from other blog entries … Continue reading →

In the website I explain resistance in some detail and I encourage you to read that before the rest of this entry.  Resistance is the hardest topic to compress into digestible web pages and thus the one I will probably … Continue reading →

Last week I wrote an entry entitled “Why All This ‘Get in Touch’ Stuff?”.  This past week I had a session with different patient which again illustrates the benefits of finding out what’s really going on inside you, but also … Continue reading →

Perhaps the greatest cliché about psychotherapy is the bald bearded bespectacled listener with his notepad asking “and how does this make you feel?”  I’ve heard the world respond “Why does it matter?  Who cares?  Why dwell on your feelings?  Why … Continue reading →